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1. What is the status of "national standards for emergency response training and
preparedness," as called for the National Strategy for Homeland Security? Do such
standards exist that provide for minimum essential capabilities among emergency
responders?
b. If not already used, would such national standards assist or strengthen your institute's
training curriculum?
2. Across the U.S., many emergency managers are "dual-hatted" and also serve as fire
chiefs.
a. Does such dual-hatting undercut their ability to run both organizations (office of
emergency management and the fire department)?
3. Should a Mass Casualty Disaster Plan be a part of every state's emergency operations
plan?
b. Of the 50 states, how many already have a Mass Casualty Disaster Plan?
4. What one recommendation could this Commission make that would improve the nation's
"surge capacity" - the ability to handle an overwhelming number of emergency patients/
victims - within and among hospitals?
a. Is public health still the "forgotten step child" of emergency preparedness and
response?
b. What else needs to be done to ensure that public health has a seat at the table?
5. What interaction did you have with the Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) while you were the head of New York City's Office of Emergency Management
from 1996 to 2000?
c. At the Office of Emergency Management, did you also have partnerships with the
Defense Department and the Office of Domestic Preparedness, then in the Justice
Department? Did you get any added value from these partnerships?
a. What's right and what's wrong with "long-range" contingency planning as it is being
done by New York City's current administration?